Michael Shinall
March 23, 1954-March 25, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Saturday, March 27, 1954, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library

Michael Shinall, 3107 Owen court, died at 8:12 p.m. Friday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, where he was born prematurely on Wednesday.

Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shinall Jr., of Niles; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Shinall Sr., of Niles, and Mrs. Lillian Fred, of Kankakee, Ill., and one sister, Judy Lee, at home.

Committal services were held at 4 p.m. today at Silverbrook Cemetery, with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe officiating. Arrangements were made by the Pifer Funeral Home.

Estelle E. Wainscott
Jan. 17, 1892-March 18, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Friday, March 19, 1954, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Estelle E. Wainscott, 521 Cedar street, died at 3:55 p.m. Thursday in Pawating Hospital. She had been in poor health for some time.

Survivng are her husband, C.A. Wainscott, two daughters, Mrs. Allen B. Robinson, of Newark, N.Y., and Mrs. Earl Boyersmith, Benton Harbor; three step-daughters, Mrs. Melvin Campbell, of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. J.M. Akins, of Dallas, Tex., and Mrs. George Remington, of Buchanan; nine grandchildren; one brother Wilbur Meldrim of Niles, and one sister, Mrs. Chick Bell, of Benton Harbor.

Mrs. Wainscott was born on Jan. 17, 1892, in Colorado Springs, Colo., and moved here from Benton Harbor in 1921.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. L.George Beacock, Methodist pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

John H. Webber
July 13, 1888-April 7, 1954

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 8, 1954, page 2, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

John H. Webber, 120 East Calvert street, South Bend, died in his home at 4:20 p.m Wednesday. He had been ill for 28 months.

Surviving are his wife, Kathryn; five children, Mrs. William Phillips, of Cincinnati, O., Mrs. Clarence Solf, of Forest Park, Ill., Mrs. Clayton Boht, of Niles, Mrs. Walter Ravish, of Buchanan, and Charles Webber, of Buchanan; two step-children, Mrs. Robert Kane, of Niles, and Francis Holloway, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Warren Burrows and Mrs. Emma Bennett, both of Niles, and one brother, Luther Webber, of Niles.

Webber was born on July 13, 1888, in Niles, and had lived in South Bend for the past 17 years. He was a painter and decorator by trade.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. James H. Ellerbrook, of the Indiana Avenue Christian Church of South Bend. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Pearl Herman Dowd
Jan. 13, 1886-April 21, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 21, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Pearl Herman Dowd, 3004 South Eleventh street road, died early this morning in his home.

Surviving are his wife, Myrtle Alvira; a step-son, George Edward Kinser, Benton Harbor; one son, Roy Dowd, South Bend, and one daughter, Mrs. Robert Peet, Edwardsburg.

Friends may call at the Pifer Funeral Home, Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 22, 1953, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

Services for Pearl Herman Dowd, 3004 South Eleventh Street road, who died early Tuesday morning in his home, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pifer Funeral Home.

Dowd, who was born on Jan. 13, 1886, in Berrien County, was retired from the New York Central Railroad Company.

Friends may call at the funeral home.  The Rev. Orlen L. Njus, pastor of Bertrand Bible Church, will officiate at the rites, and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Miss Gertrude Evick
Oct. 1883-April 13, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 14, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Miss Gertrude Evick, age unknown, of Niles, died Monday afternoon in Kalamazoo.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

Private funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Kiger Funeral Home with the Rev. T.M. Greenhoe, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.

Note: Per death record, Daughter of William Evick and Catherine Dean; dob from 1900 census record.

Anna Weaver Fehmling
Dec. 1861-April, 29, 1953

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 30, 1953, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Mrs. Anna Weaver Fehmling, 91, former Niles resident, died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marvin Loudenslager, in Elkhart, Ind. Mrs. Fehmling was born in December, 1861, in Germany and is survived by her daughter, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in the White Funeral Home at Elkhart. Burial  and graveside rites will be at Silverbrook Cemetery here.